Mews (noun)
mews
(British) A row or street of houses or flats that have been converted from stables or built to look like former stables. / A group of stables, typically with rooms above, built round a yard or along an alley.
Late Middle English plural of mew, originally referring to the royal stables on the site of the hawk mews at Charing Cross, London. The sense ‘converted dwellings’ dates from the early 19th century.
Example sentences
“An eighteenth century mews facing the river.”
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